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. -- observent of their religion. and it seemed to me they were being asked to speak to a swing voter group which is very important to them. which is women. young women. of childbearing age. who are paying very close attention. >> we're going to see that answer replayed. or we may not see it. but through direct mail, through targeted online advertising, to women and other things, the obama campaign, that they have a new opportunity here with congressman ryan's sort of suggestion that i think he said something like we changed these laws through democratic processes or something. so meaning that there could be some type of a law. a change coming up here. so in the whole suggestion of the supreme court, which really hasn't been a big topic of discussion. all these conversations are going on in sub groups. so that is what's going on right now. is sort of this microcampaign. they know exactly, specific areas of interest for each voter and that's why they've been microtargeting things and things going on which we can't even
. -- observent of their religion. and it seemed to me they were being asked to speak to a swing voter group which is very important to them. which is women. young women. of childbearing age. who are paying very close attention. >> we're going to see that answer replayed. or we may not see it. but through direct mail, through targeted online advertising, to women and other things, the obama campaign, that they have a new opportunity here with congressman ryan's sort of suggestion that i...
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maybe they did not say because it is some taboo like religion. it is like, if you are all together on showing who you are, you will be accepted, and people will refine everything normal. i remember one movie which was very beautiful, "chocolat," which shows one guy which is italian, and he goes to work in switzerland. he is not integrated at all. what does he do? he preaches his hair blond to be integrated, to look as if he was from switzerland. at a football game, he is looking with all the other men, and it is italy against switzerland. at one time, the italians win. i find it beautiful and emotional at the same time. he betrayed himself through that reaction, and at the same time, it was beautiful, but at the same time, it is sad that you have to change your color or to hide it. that you have to do something like that to deny even your origin. you have to be proud of your urgent and to show it. >> you are giving me a challenge and a challenge -- giving me a challenge and yourself a challenge. what about cult? that is not something to hide behi
maybe they did not say because it is some taboo like religion. it is like, if you are all together on showing who you are, you will be accepted, and people will refine everything normal. i remember one movie which was very beautiful, "chocolat," which shows one guy which is italian, and he goes to work in switzerland. he is not integrated at all. what does he do? he preaches his hair blond to be integrated, to look as if he was from switzerland. at a football game, he is looking with...
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what religion drove them to do this? we keep doing the same things over and over again. many researchers believe these archeo-astronomical sites are very specifically designed where other researchers say it's all coincidence. but not long ago i was up at a place called chimney rock in southwest colorado. and it's over 8,000 feet. and you are up at the southern end ftd rocky mountains and there is this scarp of rock that rises up probably about a thousand feet out of a valley floor and right at the tip of this scarp there are two twin towers of rock. if you get to a certain place on top of this very narrow butte, you can see between these twin towers and there happens to be a great house built between these two towers and every 18.6 years when the moon goes into its northernmost point on the horizon, it rises between those two towers. i was there at the beginning of the last 18.6 year cycle and we stood up there, probably 20 of us, researchers, forest service people, all gathered at the same spot with cameras and huddled -- it was late december at 8,000 feet and we were a
what religion drove them to do this? we keep doing the same things over and over again. many researchers believe these archeo-astronomical sites are very specifically designed where other researchers say it's all coincidence. but not long ago i was up at a place called chimney rock in southwest colorado. and it's over 8,000 feet. and you are up at the southern end ftd rocky mountains and there is this scarp of rock that rises up probably about a thousand feet out of a valley floor and right at...
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religion is important people see religious freedom is about practicing any religion. and is a strong driver of public opinion. people think the individual freedom of religion should be protected zero burma government was. it is central to how people view the values that guide them. looking specifically about issues that relate this to religious liberty, there is a majority to protect the rights individuals not only in terms of abortion, employment or same-sex couples but to protect their right to of those in the position to follow the law that disagrees with their prospective. the public is very open that professionals should be able to follow there religious beliefs as well. immigration. it is thought as a polarizing issue. use think we can find a compromise to have laws to protect the borders but also that respect in the brands. if you talk deportation and amnesty they are polarizing discussions but take the issue of immigration and having some kind of compromise of a cost to staying here has a consensus. this is not to say people are the arguments could be exploite
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we're going to look at politics of religion. can pastors make political pitches to their congregation without jeopardizing their church's tax exempt status? we'll see you then as well. >> look forward to it. thanks, randi. >> the state's deputy attorney general and his wife are aauto accused of severe lay buzing two children they adopted from ethiopia. police arrested douglas and kristen barber after the kids had a doctor's visit. investigators say the doctor noticed several fractures on the 18-month-old girl's head. they say they may have suffered a stroke and be permanently blind from her injuries. police say the 6-year-old boy appeared starved. the couple faces charges of assault and child endangerment. their attorney has not commented. >>> the pharmacy responsible for making the steroid blamed for spreading fungal meningitis has recalled all of its products now nationwide. the move comes as the cdc reports two more deaths from the disease bringing the total now to seven. take a look at this map. 64 cases of fungal meningitis
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repressive regimes and become associated with them that we are appropriately respectful in matters of religion is this. the cause behind why the intervention supposed to brain democracy and freedom peace and prosperity brought and it's tied filings and chaos actually the chaos that we see around us is structural it's built into the system that doesn't mean it always has to get out of hand or always produce violence but it means that we. can't imagine it away we can't imagine it will just go away if we get one perfect policy we have to resist most of the time the impulse to think that there are just good guys and bad guys and if we intervene to help the good guys then everything will get better i think the proof of that story is libya it's something we have to listen to in relation to syria i've actually witnessed the beginning of the conflict in this country and just being there recently it is indeed very complicated what's going on in syria we've got to all this complexity of the situation on the syrian society particularly how you see the conflict play out that well i give you two different
repressive regimes and become associated with them that we are appropriately respectful in matters of religion is this. the cause behind why the intervention supposed to brain democracy and freedom peace and prosperity brought and it's tied filings and chaos actually the chaos that we see around us is structural it's built into the system that doesn't mean it always has to get out of hand or always produce violence but it means that we. can't imagine it away we can't imagine it will just go...
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read the bible every day and as a young teenager i read the bible and the language, leaving aside the religion, just for the sake of the words that it used in the king james translation, first of all, it is fabulously well-written and secondly, so many of those phrases have entered into all of our minds, all of us, whether we have ever read the bible are not. we know those phrases and reuse them. and so, i think i am probably other -- every other writer has been influenced by the king james translation, more than any other. what i like to do when i come to manhattan, well actually it's the same as what i'd like to do in london. i like to go to restaurants with my friends. [laughter] >> hi. my name is bob. i read the eye of the needle and on pins and needles and i thought they were both superb especially the one about iran. your comment about lloyd george and communism, have you come across any similar commerce agents between franco and hitler as to why franco did not declare war on the allies after having accepted so much aid from the nazis and if so, could you put me in a direction? >> no, ha
read the bible every day and as a young teenager i read the bible and the language, leaving aside the religion, just for the sake of the words that it used in the king james translation, first of all, it is fabulously well-written and secondly, so many of those phrases have entered into all of our minds, all of us, whether we have ever read the bible are not. we know those phrases and reuse them. and so, i think i am probably other -- every other writer has been influenced by the king james...
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there's a view that tries to bridge science and religion. i know you have said in the past you are an obama guy, you're voting for the president. what do you think of governor romney's view? >> it's okay. >> it's okay. >> as i said, i'm not going to address anybody's religion. this is not what i'm talking about. what we do in science and critical thinking, you have a claim, an assertion. in this case, the earth is 6,000 years old or 10,000 years old. i can show any reasonable right that is not right. that's wrong. that's a wrong claim and it's off by a factor of a million. furthermore, evolution is fact. we can prove evolution to you. >> we're going to -- >> if you want to deny that stuff, you're setting aside what make hughes mans so good. >> we're going to leave it there. >> thank you. >> bill nye, say this and i mean this from the bottom of my heart. this has been the most educational four minutes in cable news this week. i appreciate that. thank you so much. >> while you're voting, everybody, take into account climate change. >> that's a
there's a view that tries to bridge science and religion. i know you have said in the past you are an obama guy, you're voting for the president. what do you think of governor romney's view? >> it's okay. >> it's okay. >> as i said, i'm not going to address anybody's religion. this is not what i'm talking about. what we do in science and critical thinking, you have a claim, an assertion. in this case, the earth is 6,000 years old or 10,000 years old. i can show any reasonable...
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they don't have a religion. that's one out of every five americans. joining me now to talk about this is cnn's belief blog coed editor. eric, why are people telling surveyors that they're turning away from organized religion specifically? >> there were a nuchmber of reasons as to why they don't consider themselves affiliated with any religion. one was maybe they weren't raiseded in a religious household. another reason they gave was they weren't crazy about the way things were going. they were upset about the religion and they left. and another one was they were raised in a religious family, but never really got engaged with the religion. many they left for college and when they come back, they do for services with their mom and dad but otherwise they kind of leave to their parents and have left the religion as they've moved on with their lives. >> we know now about why people are leaving, but what are we learning about who is leaving, their age, any political of affiliation? >> there were interesting points bro
they don't have a religion. that's one out of every five americans. joining me now to talk about this is cnn's belief blog coed editor. eric, why are people telling surveyors that they're turning away from organized religion specifically? >> there were a nuchmber of reasons as to why they don't consider themselves affiliated with any religion. one was maybe they weren't raiseded in a religious household. another reason they gave was they weren't crazy about the way things were going. they...
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religion, you talk about it on your show. we were talking about it during the commercial, you were raised catholic, went to jesuit school. just with that background, what do you make of the figure, 13 million americans who call themselves atheists? do you think there are more out there that are just afraid of the atheist label? >> you know, i'm not so sure it was -- i'm not sure it was atheism i saw. i saw between 18 and 30 years old, that was the largest group of nonaffiliated people, i have three sons that are in that age group. and it is kind of like religion is not inclusive enough for them. i feel badly about eating at chick-fil-a after what was said, right, because when you hear stuff like that, that is not what my bible taught me, you know, the one umbrella, all inclusive. if you think back, there were reasons in the pibible for slavery, for women not having position, for only white males able to own land, i think it is foolish to organize religion, not to wake up and go, we better be more inclusive or people like my s
religion, you talk about it on your show. we were talking about it during the commercial, you were raised catholic, went to jesuit school. just with that background, what do you make of the figure, 13 million americans who call themselves atheists? do you think there are more out there that are just afraid of the atheist label? >> you know, i'm not so sure it was -- i'm not sure it was atheism i saw. i saw between 18 and 30 years old, that was the largest group of nonaffiliated people, i...
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combination of high religion and down to earth hard work than motivates these men. sigrid laboratory to mccurry was able to build a new its most sophisticated robot which all unfortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tunes mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans in the world this is why you should care only. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew. i'm tom harkin welcome to the big picture. oh max kaiser welcome to the kaiser report in today's headlines if you tell the truth about the dollar you will be derided debunked and destroyed whether you happen to be a brick of gold or in a rating agency not on the payroll of wall street uncle sam once you do. if you do want to tell the truth stacey. yes max keiser there are currency wars reaching around the world the dollar doesn't want to be caught in the cross-fire basically at this point the currency global grid system you want to be th
combination of high religion and down to earth hard work than motivates these men. sigrid laboratory to mccurry was able to build a new its most sophisticated robot which all unfortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tunes mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans in the world this is why you should care only. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and...
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combination of high religion and down to earth hard work than motivates these men. more news today violence has once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations to rule the day. well. technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got the future are covered. welcome back and watching our t.v. with myriad joshie drinking dog walking even feeding the birds all of timothy is now considered criminal in hundreds of london's parks the move has been slammed by civil liberties groups as an attack on personal freedoms while the government insists the ban is in place to tackle anti-social behavior artists are for of has more. here in this park in london if your found drinking alcohol or throwing a ball or even feeding the pigeons you could inadvertently be committing a criminal or civil offense surprise will serve a lot of people we're joined now by j.c. appleton the creator of the google maps banned in london which sets out the people these zones in london where you could commit an offens
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somebody holds a full time job during high school whether they're from a single family home what their religion is and also looks at race not to look just at race but how that has affected their personal experience and what they can bring to the intellectual vibrancy of the university in the new york times today the. it was a fascinating article that i think really demonstrates the ongoing need for this they pointed out the children of professionals are on average exposed to approximately fifteen hundred more words. than children growing up in poverty the result is a gap of more than thirty two million words by the time the children reach the age of four and the variety of those words is dramatically diminished among children of poverty and so then those children go into school without the vocabulary necessary to be successful and without the mental exercise in the early years that comes along with a broad vocabulary and then they fail in school and they end up in poverty and they produce children themselves that have a limited vocabulary and in a single generation that can be broken i mean we
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religion aside, least one day of the week it would be nice if san francisco city government was off the backs of everyday residents. [ applause ] >> i like that. thank you. >> all right. next question. san francisco's transportation inserve drivers, bicyclists and transit uses. bicyclists are not charged for the privilege of using or parking on public roadways. mr. davis, mr. everett and miss selby should the city assess fees on bicycle owners to pay for transportation improvements? >> i don't think so and i will tell you why because the city is moving in a direction that i think they should be which is encouraging more people to get out of their cars and to get onto bikes and to use our streets and walk the streets. you know, i think we need to be visionary about getting and meeting our goals. we have a goal of 20% of all trips in san francisco being taken on a bike by 2020. the bike coalition, which is one of my endorsements, as well district 5 group have been advocating for this connecting the city plan, the bike coalition for cross town bikeways to make our streets safer for bike ri
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combination of high religion and down to earth hard work that motivates these men. i mean all those years of dealing with p.t.s.d. and vietnam and age you know and the enemy you know as that's what it was like all those years you know america's moved on left us stuck in time how dare they we're going to come out. we're going to take over where the very voice has has been stopped has been discontinued they think that that's all that was necessary to hide their lives but they're wrong because they forgot about the widow this is a piece they did after my daughter danielle and i had the diagnosis with her spine are we in the process of the diagnosis this is. agent orange it's evolved. may has been bird. six very much like plucky dad and my oldest daughter lizbeth her she's in prison and by everything that's happened to us plus service asperger's and the alcohol and drug abuse as a result of his p.t.s.d. and other illnesses in this is all came about because of daniel's mind problems he access to that vertebrates putting apart the u.s. air force kept detailed records of t
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combination of high religion and down to earth hard work that motivates these men and. overcoming a barrier like this seems possible. but then you crave something higher. when you reach the peak. you know do whatever it takes to get on the top of the world. my parents really truly honestly believe that what had happened was as a result of my father's exposure to agent orange i was born with multiple problems . i was missing my leg and my fingers and my big toe on my right foot i use my hands a lot in my artwork i find myself drawing my hands quite a bit to me. where my hands you know just as if anyone would. but they do tell a story they tell a story of. the oxen. a british member of parliament was recently thrown out of the house of commons after he accused ministers of lying over military policy in afghanistan paul flynn is with me now but before we talk to him let's just see a clip of the video that got him barred from parliament the role of our brave soldiers of the moment is to act as human shields for ministers' reputation the danger to our soldiers is being prolo
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dan gilgoff, a religion editor. thanks so much. >> thanks, fred. >> you can see more of this story on our belief blog at cnn.com/belief. >>> bees in france are making rather strange-colored honey because of a sweet tooth. beekeepers say the honeybees found m&m's residue that manufacturing candy waste. the result? green, blue, or red honey. it takes like regular honey but won't be sold in stores. >>> the presidential candidate are fighting to win the latino vote. we look at one state where latinos voters could decide this election. when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. [ male announcer ] how do you turn an entrepreneur's dream... ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or
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or lack of religion. >> i agree. well said. james, do you want to weigh in? >> no. i think if you fool around with these kind of kooky people, sometimes they come up and bite you. a mormon i understand is the church of jesus christ of latter day saint. so the mormon certainly view themselves a christian. that's good enough for me. they've got an expanding great organization. that's their view. and i accept that. i'm not voting for romney because -- not voting for romney because of his religion. i would vote for any number of great democrats that are mormon. that's not a factor to me. he ought to keep his opinions to himself if you ask me. >> i think we all agree on that point. james, thanks very much. ari, thanks to you. as well the first lady of the united states is speaking to a rally in virginia. there she is. when we come back we're going to hear what she has to say. the pace of change is accelerating. the way we... perform, compete and grow. and people are driving this change. that's the power of human resources
or lack of religion. >> i agree. well said. james, do you want to weigh in? >> no. i think if you fool around with these kind of kooky people, sometimes they come up and bite you. a mormon i understand is the church of jesus christ of latter day saint. so the mormon certainly view themselves a christian. that's good enough for me. they've got an expanding great organization. that's their view. and i accept that. i'm not voting for romney because -- not voting for romney because of...
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i do not think that is a part of the religion. the christian part of obama's history, they made him to announce that. i know that that is what he believes in. i converted to islam because it is more protective of the traditional roles of the father and mother at home. i think that is a positive situation for democracy, taking with enough of welfare, and we do not have the game in prison situation that we would have here. israel, i do not think we should follow their lead because i think the world looks at how americans get along with each other, not at how israel gets along with america, and their approach in religion is an eye for eni, not following the christian an -- an ey, and note following christian beliefs. we need to make our own decisions, even though israel says their point to follow their own test. i think they believe they are defined people, and i think that is a religious falsehood. americans do not have to follow the abraham was for all people. he never said the jewish people were better than any other race on the e
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understand combination of high religion and down to earth hard work than motivates these men. is the. least. wealthy british style. spot on the planet earth. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy with. the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser report. this is our. thanks for joining us drinking dog walking even feeding the birds all activity is now considered criminal in hundreds of parks in london at the move has been slammed by civil liberties groups as an attack on personal freedoms or the government insists the ban is in place to tackle so-called anti social behavior. karen best park in london if your found drinking alcohol or throwing a ball or even feeding the pigeons you could inadvertently be committing a criminal or civil offense surprise will serve a lot of people the band in london map shows a whopping four hundred thirty five prohibition zones aimed at tackling and she say she behavior the might of been a good policy idea in theory has local people say and it up a very bad policy in practice meaning hardline crackdo
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i'm very pleased to introduce my guest today john sponsored oh he's a professor of religion and international affairs and of islamic studies at georgetown university he has served as a consultant to the u.s. state department and other agencies doctors posit overrode a number of books on islam dr thank you very much for making yourself available glad to be here i was looking at poll numbers in different muslim countries and their opinion of the us now is either the same as under george w. bush or much worse as is the case in pakistan in egypt for example four years ago seventy five percent of egyptians had an unfavorable view of the u.s. now it's seventy nine percent in pakistan used to be around seventy percent now it's around ninety percent these figures have nothing to do with the infamous entire islamic film where do they come from in your opinion well i think if you actually take a look at you know data from the muslim world i'm associated with the gallup organization gallup did a world poll and that included thirty five muslim countries from all over europe africa southeast asia and what
i'm very pleased to introduce my guest today john sponsored oh he's a professor of religion and international affairs and of islamic studies at georgetown university he has served as a consultant to the u.s. state department and other agencies doctors posit overrode a number of books on islam dr thank you very much for making yourself available glad to be here i was looking at poll numbers in different muslim countries and their opinion of the us now is either the same as under george w. bush...
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i do not think that is a part of the religion. the christian part of obama's history, they made him to announce that. -- denounce that. i know that that is what he believes in. i was christian and i converted to islam because it is more protective of the traditional roles of the father and mother at home. i think that is a positive situation for democracy, taking with enough of welfare, and we -- taking off of welfare, and we do not have the game in prison situation that we would have here. israel, i do not think we should follow their lead because i think the world looks at how americans get along with each other, not at how israel gets along with america, and their approach in religion is an eye for an eye, and not following christian beliefs. we need to make our own decisions, even though israel says their point to follow their own test. i think they believe they are defined people, and i think that -- divine people, and i think that is a religious falsehood. americans do not have to follow the abraham was for all people. he ne
i do not think that is a part of the religion. the christian part of obama's history, they made him to announce that. -- denounce that. i know that that is what he believes in. i was christian and i converted to islam because it is more protective of the traditional roles of the father and mother at home. i think that is a positive situation for democracy, taking with enough of welfare, and we -- taking off of welfare, and we do not have the game in prison situation that we would have here....
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that is crucial because previously, we haven't heard about how twisted idol, how the taliban are using religion in pakistan to try and gain favor of the local people or to fight this jihad, as they call it. and for the military leadership to condemn the taliban will send out a powerful message to the people of pakistan. >> woodruff: saima, finally, in your own reporti, whom do you want to talk to, to get a better sense of just how supportive the country is behind her and behind what she's doing? >> reporter: well, today for the first time after many, many years we've seen people take to the streets. and it's the real average man of pakistan that needs to, as analysts say, needs come out and stand up against the taliban because this is what is being dubbed the silent majority of pakistan versus a very vocal minority which is the terrorist groups. so oplere wanting t see tht thpeopf pakistan themselves are going to take to the streets to stand up and condemn the taliban and say they do not represent us. for the first time today we have seen those protests and demonstrations, reasonably small, but
that is crucial because previously, we haven't heard about how twisted idol, how the taliban are using religion in pakistan to try and gain favor of the local people or to fight this jihad, as they call it. and for the military leadership to condemn the taliban will send out a powerful message to the people of pakistan. >> woodruff: saima, finally, in your own reporti, whom do you want to talk to, to get a better sense of just how supportive the country is behind her and behind what she's...
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it is that combination of high religion and down to earth hard work that motivates these men. a british member of parliament was recently thrown out of the house of commons after he accused ministers of lying over military policy in afghanistan paul flynn is with me now that before we talk to him let's just see a clip of the video that got him barred from parliament the role of our brave soldiers of the moment is to act as human shields for ministers' reputation the danger to our soldiers is being pro wronged by those on that page who have the power to stop it other countries over remove the soldiers from this dangerous area where they're not doing well we're doing which is all mine. and training our future and to be isn't this very similar to the end of the first world war when it was said the politicians lawyers and soldiers died and the reality was as it is know that our brave soldier lives are being led by ministerial donkey's pull through and after that you were disciplined by the speaker and barred from parliament for five days presumably you knew that what happened that
it is that combination of high religion and down to earth hard work that motivates these men. a british member of parliament was recently thrown out of the house of commons after he accused ministers of lying over military policy in afghanistan paul flynn is with me now that before we talk to him let's just see a clip of the video that got him barred from parliament the role of our brave soldiers of the moment is to act as human shields for ministers' reputation the danger to our soldiers is...
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question someone tossed taste in art -- someone's taste in art, it is more personal than the politics, religion, sexual preference, something that goes to the very soul. you bought that? it is remarkable. >> do you still paint? >> not enough. it is one of the things i keep -- i have space to do it at home. i have all the materials to do it, but i am lacking the focus of being able to separate my work from my other life. that is one area in which i am weakest. >> if we saw you in your personal life, doing things that you enjoy more than anything else, what would we see? >> well, there are two kinds of instruments. there is the tortured kind, but there is no greater kick, i find, then writing something, and no greater torture at the same time. it would be writing something or drawing and painting. >> what can you tell us about your wife? where did you meet her? >> i met her when i was eager chief. i remember the day, july 4, 1968. cronkite and it betsy, water and a betsy cronkite were coming to london. i cannot remember why. i had been invited to read july 4 evening -- a july 4 evening. a friend
question someone tossed taste in art -- someone's taste in art, it is more personal than the politics, religion, sexual preference, something that goes to the very soul. you bought that? it is remarkable. >> do you still paint? >> not enough. it is one of the things i keep -- i have space to do it at home. i have all the materials to do it, but i am lacking the focus of being able to separate my work from my other life. that is one area in which i am weakest. >> if we saw you...